Friday February 25, 2011

On February 23, 2011 the Metropolitan Center hosted its quarterly Metro Forum Breakfast. The topic of the event was the 2010 United States Census. The guest speakers were: Dr. Alex Stepick, Interim Director of the Research Institute on Social and Economic Policy; Dario Gonzalez, FIU Metropolitan Center liaison with the United States Census Information Center; and John Talmage, Senior Reserach Fellow, FIU Metropolitan Center and former CEO of Social Compact.

Nearly 80 public officials, community and business leaders attended the event to gain a better understanding of the role of the Census and the impact of its findings on our local communities.